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Historical Event(s)
– The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
– Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States’ colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
– The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
– Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
– The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
– The first US Census is conducted.
– A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
– Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
– Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone.
– Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today is published for the first time.
Who Were Born On ?
– Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (d. 1855)
– David “Robber” Lewis, American robber known for giving stolen money to the poor. (d. 1820)
– Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
– Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
– Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet and politician (d. 1838)
– William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
– John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866)
– Thursday October Christian (d. 1831)
– Letitia Christian Tyler, US First Lady (d. 1842)
– King Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)